AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS ANXIETY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING IN READING

Widi Andewi, Cucu Sutarsyah, Ujang Suparman

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untukmeneliti persepsi siswa dalam kecemasan dari pengajaranreciprocal. Penelitian ini adalah deskripsi kualitatif yang dilaksanakan di kelas XI MIA 1. Ada 11 siswa yang dipilih sebagai narasumber saat wawancara. Mereka dipilih berdasakan observasi, jenis kelamin, dan nilai ujian membaca. Data diambil melalui observasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan permasalahan bahasa dianggap menjadi masalah yang penting karena ini dapat mempengaruhi siswa mempunyai rasa kecemasan yang tinggi saat menggunakan empat strategi instruksional dari pengajaranreciprocal. Oleh karena itu, guru disarankan untuk lebih membimbing dan mengawasi siswa saat mengajar membaca menggunakan teknikreciprocal, karena guru mempunyai peranan penting dalam mengurangi dan mengontrol kecemasan siswa.

This research was aimedto explore the students perceptions of anxiety in reciprocal teaching. This research was descriptive qualitative research.Theresearch participantsof this research wereXI MIA 1class.The subjects were 11 representatives of the students as the interviewees. It was chosen based on observation, genre, and the score of reading test. The data were taken from the observation and interview. The results showed language problems were the main aspects which influenced the students to have high anxiety while performing the four instructional strategies of reciprocal teaching.This suggests teachers should guide and control student in teaching reading process through reciprocal teaching because they play a prominent role in alleviating and controlling students anxiety.

Keywords: anxiety,reciprocal teaching, self-efficacy, students perceptions


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